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This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point (DTP) archive. This particular segment features me, Christian Einfeldt, walking around Linux World Expo in August, 2005, looking for the Microsoft booth. Linux World is a big convention, and Microsoft usually had a booth there. I didn't find it that year. Why? Is it a trend? Was Linux World Expo less important to Microsoft? While looking for Microsoft, I bump into John Van Ostrand, the Technical Director for NetDirect.com. John's company is admittedly pro-Linux, and John tells us why. His company foermerly provided both Microsoft and Linux solutions, but no longer does. He says his customers are happier with Linux solutions. They pay less and get more features. Linux is more stable, has more featuers, is cheaper, and problens get fixed more quickly.

John is Canadian, so I ask him if Microsoft is viewed as a US company, and Linux as an international biz solution. He says yeah, that's probably why some of the non-US municipalities are moving to Linux. They can keep their talent, training, and money in the country with Linux. He talks about Maddog Hall's travels, which is interesting, since we had just met Maddog in Brazil. Small world.

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